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LAST week was National Volunteers Week in which the invaluable work of the voluntary sector is both promoted and com­


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by Ben Carlish


many vestiges of the com­ munity spirit seem to be drifting away from us on a tide of crime, suspicion and


fear. One service which has


mention in the confines of these columns, but these unsung heroes, whose efforts make such a differ­ ence to peoples' lives, deserve much praise. Such altruism is hearten­ ing in these times, when


consistently shown there is still compassion in our com- munity is Meals-on- Whcels, providing for those who perhaps would other­ wise remain forgotten. Last year some 20,000 meals, subsidised by Ribble Valley Borough Council and Rib­ ble Valley Rotary Club, were delivered to grateful recipients in the area. Worthy as it is, for some, Meals-on-Whools might


appear to be a service which is quaintly antiquated, run by well-meaning people with time on their hands who potter about dropping off the odd meal and having a natter with elderly folk about the good old days. The reality is somewhat


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A LOCAL primary school has been chosen to represent East Lancashire in the regional finals for the Junior Engineer


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School pupils Thomas Wells and Thomas Peters will take part in the regional competition, to be held next month, after creating the two best aircraft out of K'NEX construction kits during a competition at the Dunsop Bridge


school on Friday. The Lancashire Science and


Technology Regional Organisation has been given 10 K'NEX kits by the company. They are devised to promote design, creativity and ver­ satility and give seven to 10-ycar- olds a hands-on approach to engi­


neering.The kits were loaned out to lU East Lancashire schools, but Thor- neyholmc was chosen to represent the area in the regional competi­ tion, which will be judged by Mr


Brian Openshaw, neighbourhood engineer co-ordinator for llynd- burn, Ribble Valley and Rossendale, and Miss Suzanne Pacynko from the East Lancashne Education and Business Partner­


ships.If the two Ribble Valley young­ sters are successful, they will go for­ ward to the national final, to be held in London in September. Mr Openshaw commented: "'I’his


creativity, while enhancing their basic knowledge of engineering." The competition h:is boon organ­


ised by the Engineering Council and K'NEX and all the schools loaned kits have had support from an engineer from the Neighbour­ hood Engineers Scheme. Our picture shows younpters


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paigners have been target­ ing other firms too. 1 hey maintain that the general level of smells and smoke on the Chatburn side of Clitheroe justifies the for­ mal health inquiry which


I M Ps on a .select commit­ tee recommended. Friends of the Earth have .spoken of a "stunning .Sunday newspaper revela­ tion that Castle Cement


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alleging that the cement company is just one possi­ ble .source of unacceptable pollution in Clitheroe. One campaigner, Mr .1. D. Mor­ timer, has complained about smoke from an incin­ erator at Clithcroe Auction Mart, a short distance from his homo on Green Drive. Council officials have


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School meals are still good value for money, MP told by county council


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COMMENTS made by Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans over increases in the cost of school meals have been rejected by Lan­ cashire County Council. In a scathing attack, Mr


the rate of inflation," said Mr Evans. "After a 7.5% increase in the council tax this year and a m:issivc tax increase in petrol, parents clearly have a right to be


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Evans said that parents arc now paying almost .ill a week more for their child's school meal, a claim denied by the council, who.so b:isic rate for primary schools in the county has now been


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increased to £1.50 per week. lie said: "It is an outrage


that parents are being forced to pay for an incrca.se in school meals, which is nearly five times more than


Conn. Hazel Harding, chairman of the Education and Cultural Services Com­ mittee, commented: "Lan- c;ishirc County Council has subsidised school meals for many years. The Educa­ tion Committee this year took the difficult decision to raise the price of school meals and reduce subsidies to allow us,to put more money directly into chil­


er, still represent good value for money. Lancashire County Council is commit­ ted to targeting funds in ways that will directly improve education stan­ dards in all our .schools." Mr Evans said that the |)ublic had been told by the


Chcetham, ehairinan of the l'"inance and General Pur­ poses Sub-Committee, said: "Overall the council did receive a good settlement from the Government, much bettor than it received when Mr Evans' parly was


county council that the local government settlement they had received from the Government was good. He addeil: "We now know this is baloney. Why luis the coun­ cil had to increase kids' meals by so much if there is nothing wrong with the school budget'?


in power. "His allegations that the


county council has got its accounts wrong clearly dis­ play his ignorance of local government finance. The last report from the district auditor proved that the council has been prudent and careful with its finances."


cashire Health Authority says that a health inquiry would only be justified if there was proven ill-hc;dth. All its figures, including those for the number of pro­ scriptions for breathing- related conditions, show otherwise. Almost all health criteria arc more favounible than in places for miles around - the exception is breast c:incer, where popu­ lation factors arc thought to account for avenige figures.


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different. Sitting in WRVS volunteer Mrs Joan Myers' Golf GTi on her Clitheroe meals-on-wheels run is, in fact, rather like being a nav­ igator in a top-flight rally. We have just over an hour to deliver 25 meals to addresses randomly scat­ tered all over Clitheroe.


Hill driving the car," says Mrs Myers through gritted teeth, as we negotiate yet another tight space through congested traffic in York Street. It is hot enough to cook a meal on the roof of the car today and Clitheroe ^ is packed, making for one ' very agitated meals-on-


"I could do with Damon


wheels lady. She is fretting about the


main courses for the diabet­ ic recipients of the meals provided by Clitheroe Hos­ pital kitchens - no specially marked foil trays appear to bo in the vacuum cases con­ taining the hot dinners. "Never mind that we'll


'they are all right. If they are not very well we can contact the doctor. Plus, tor many of those people, just seeing a friendly face can make all the difference to


band is managing director of Myers Transport in Clitheroe, has been in the Ribble Valley WRVS for nearly 20 years. "I do feel it's a very good service," she says. "A lot of the people wo deliver to are living on their own and we are a point of contact for them. We are not just taking them a meal, we are chocking up if


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have to push on now and ring the hospital later," she snaps with quick resolve. "Right who's next on the list'?" and we're dashing off to another narrow side street. Mrs Dawson receiv­ ing her fish dinner and dessert is bid a cheery: "Hello. Lovely day isn't it ? Can this man take a picture for the paper'?" She barely has chance to count a pound towards the cost of ( he meal before wo are dash­ ing off to our next eagerly- awaiting diner. Mrs Myers, whose hus­


characters; like the elderly bed-ridden woman who would warm her plates underneath her quilt while awaiting her meal. There was the time when Mrs Myers got the police out, when an elderly gent was not answering his door, only for the officers to find him happily supping away in a pub just around the cornerl Mrs Florence Eccles, a


very lively 92-year-old, has been in receipt of three meals-on-wheels a week for many years now. She is remembered by many Clitheroc folk, including Mrs Myers, as a girl, for her performances in musicals and dramas at Clithcroe's


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much loved Co-op 9 hcatre. Now she IS receiving a little back from the town to which she gave much. She says: "I am very grateful, very grateful indeed, to the people who give up their time to bring me around a meal. 1 don't know how I would manage without it." After criss-crossing the streets of Clitheroe like


extras in a Starsky and' © Mrs Myers on behalf Hutch car chase, we have of the WRVS thanks all finally delivered the last of those who put so much our meals. The diabetic cri-' effort into the Ribble Val- sis resolved, following a ley's 13 Meals-on-Wheels phone call to the hospital, schemes. Volunteers are we are finished, and after all always welcome and if any- that running around with , one is interested m helping, delicious smelling dinners in They should contact the hand, this reporter is well WRVS office on 01200


and truly famished. Wonderful


day at Ness Gardens


IN spite of a dismal weather forecast, and


everyone coming pre­ pared for inclemency, members and friends of Clitheroe Garden Club had a wonderful day out on their visit to Ness Gardens and


Chester. The beauty of the gar­


dens in their layout, careful­ ly tended grass areas, water gardens, early summer shrubs and flowers, was a treat and,well enjoyed by everyone, as were the unusual trees from around the world, and all in warm sunshine. A couple of hours in Chester completed beautiful day. The visit to Dorothy


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Clive Garden and Bridge- mere in July is fully booked,


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28th will again be held at Tcewood Farm, Fell Road, Waddington, by kind per­ mission of Mr and Mrs Stephen Berry. There will be bring-and-buy, plants and book stalls. Admission


is50p. The annual show will be


Ribble Valley.


from Thorneyholme RC Piimary School, with competition winners Thomas Wells, front row, third left, and Thomas Peters, front row, third


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version could only provide for extremely limited accom­ modation, with minimal amenity space and no park­ ing provision. It was ill-sited, with substandard access.


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